The Los Angeles County Bar Association certifies that this activity has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 1 hour. To apply for credit, please follow the instructions.

2. Answer the test questions by marking the appropriate boxes. Each question has only one answer.

3. Photocopies of this answer sheet may be submitted; however, this form should not be enlarged or reduced. Mail the answer sheet and the $20 testing fee ($25 for non-LACBA members) to:

Los Angeles Lawyer
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P.O. Box 55020
Los Angeles, CA 90055

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5. Within six weeks, Los Angeles Lawyer will return your test with the correct answers, a rationale for the correct answers, and a certificate verifying the CLE credit you earned through this self-assessment activity.

6. For future reference, please retain the CLE test materials returned to you.

Test Sheet

Mark your answers to the test by clicking next to your choice. All questions must be answered. Each question has only one answer. This test is worth 1 hour of credit.*

1. The U.S. Constitution requires exhaustion of administrative remedies for all appeals.
True. False.

2. In accord with Article III of the U.S. Constitution, federal appellate courts have jurisdiction to review agency actions only to the extent provided by statute.
True. False.

11. Whether a court will deem an issue to be exhausted may depend upon seemingly collateral issues, such as balancing the equities and determining if the agency acted competently.
True. False.

12. Exceptions to the exhaustion requirement include irreparable injury, futility, and the inadequacy of administrative remedies.
True. False.

13. The exception to exhaustion for constitutional challenges is limited to procedural errors that could not have been corrected by the agency.
True. False.

14. The district court in Marella v. Terhune found that a prison inmate bringing a civil rights challenge under 42 USC Section 1983 had waived the challenge by not filing a grievance within the 15-day period required by the California Code of Regulations.
True. False.

15. The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court in Marella, finding that the lower court erred as a matter of law in concluding there was no exception for the timely filing requirement.
True. False.

16. In Ahmed v. Holder, the Ninth Circuit held that the immigration judge abused her discretion by failing to grant the requested six-month continuance of removal proceedings, even though the regulations provide that IJs have discretion to grant continuances for "good cause."
True. False.

17. The Ninth Circuit in Socop-Gonzales v. INS held that an immigration petitioner did not satisfy the exhaustion requirement because he never invoked the term "exhaustion" in his briefs.
True. False.

18. In a dissent, Justice William O. Douglas wrote that the Supreme Court in McGee v. United States should have reached exactly the same result as the Court's decision in McKart v. United States.
True. False.

19. The Ahmed court held that the so-called Baires factors are mandatory, not discretionary.
True. False.

20. The Supreme Court established the concept of primary jurisdiction in McCarthy v. Madigan.
True. False.

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* The Los Angeles County Bar Association has been approved as a continuing legal education provider of Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California. This self-assessment activity will qualify for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of one hour.